Plagiarizing is “to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source” [Webster].
If caught plagiarizing, you will be dealt with according to the GT Academic Honor Code.
Unless specifically identified as group work; quizzes, tests, take-home-tests, homework, etc. are to be completed alone.
If you find that the solution to a homework or to a problem that you must solve in a project is published in a book, article, webpage, etc.,
you may use it as an inspiration, provided that you clearly identify the source (providing a complete URL or bib reference) and that you rewritee it
in your own words, providing detailed explanations showing that you understand the overall approach and the details of every step.
In fact, you are encouraged to improve on that solution and to briefly document your improvement.
When working on a software project, you ("you" standing for a single student for individual projects or for the team for team projects)
may use utilities and libraries developed by others for all the non-essential parts of your program,
provided that you clearly identify their source in the header of your program. Examples of such utilities include graphics libraries, matrix multiplication, and linear solvers.
The essential parts of the program (which relate to the material taught in class) must be entirely coded by you and must include clear comments.
If you find source code or high level algorithmic descriptions that implement the desired functions, you may use them as inspiration,
provided that you clearly identify the source of inspiration both in your source file and on the project report and that you rewrite and comment
the code in your own style, to clearly demonstrate that you understand its structure and details.
Finally, I encourage you to discuss the projects with other students in the class and to freely share ideas and resources.
You may also ask colleagues or the TA to help fix a bug in your code. But you may not use or copy their code.